暗昧
àn mèi
Pinyin

Definition

暗昧
 - 
àn mèi
  1. obscure
  2. remaining unenlightened

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
ài mèi
  1. 1 vague
  2. 2 ambiguous
  3. 3 equivocal
  4. 4 dubious
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
yú mèi
  1. 1 ignorant
  2. 2 uneducated
  3. 3 ignorance
hūn àn
  1. 1 dusky

Idioms (20)

名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
愚昧无知
yú mèi wú zhī
  1. 1 stupid and ignorant (idiom)
拾金不昧
shí jīn bù mèi
  1. 1 to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
明人不做暗事
míng rén bù zuò àn shì
  1. 1 The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
  2. 2 fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion